Toy



H. G. HOSE TOY Filed May 51, 1950 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Nov. 24, 1931.

H. G. HOSE TOY 2 Sheets-Sheet. 2

Filed May 31, 1930 40 broken away;

Patented Nov. 24, 1931" FATE HENRY eownn Hose, F Ponce CHESTER, ew rom;

TOY

- Application filed May 31,

The invention relates to toys for the amusement of children and such others as may be interested, and more particularly the" invention relates to devices simulating a bird or other animal which normally progresses,

when traveling over the ground, by a series of hops'or jumps, the invention also comprising, in combinatlon wlth t-hesald representation,

of a bird, members connected therewith serving as a manipulating or operating handle and constructed so as to bring abouta jumping or hopping motion when the bird is:

moved along the ground. a

One of the principalobjects of the in- 5 vention'is to provide a toy. of the character described which shall be capable of exhibiting an amusing motion of a regular, lntermittent, jerking character, as above described,

, simulating the movement of a bird over the ground, that 1s to say, a motion consisting of a series of hops or jumps. Further objects and advantages of the invention will be in part set forth in the following specification and in-part will be obvious therefrom without being specifically pointed out,

the same being realized and attained by means ofthe instrumentalities and combinations pointed out in the claims hereof.

With the above and other objects of the invention in .view, the invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement and combination of various devices, elements and parts, as set forth in the claims hereof, certain embodiments of the same being illustrated in the accompanying drawings and Fig. 2 is a front view, partly in section, of

- the invention, the handle also being broken Fig. 3 is a view of the handle proper, the

4 1 lower part being in section to show the socket formed therein;

Fig. 4 is a side view of another embodiment of my invention Figs. 5, 6 and 7 are detail views of parts of the same, as hereinafter described; and

1930. Serial no. 458,107.

NT oFFicaY '2= Figs. 8Ianc19are modified forms of handle,

as hereinafter described.-

In carrying my invention into effect in the embodiment thereof shown inFigs. 1, 2 and 3, it will be seen (referring more particularly to Fig. 1) that I provide a. figure composed of cardboard, thin wood, or the like, in the, shape of a bird, the same being painted or otherwise decorated soas to simulateia'bird, the

same being designated .11. In 1conne'ction with this device 11, employ a handle comprising two members, a wire 'member of drawings, and av wooden member or handle proper, designated 13.; The wire member is, in the embodiment of the invention now. under-"description, formed into a peculiar whichthe main part is designated 12 in the i shape-which can bestbe. seen by an eXamina-- tion of Figsl-l and 2,.ai'coil or kink-14 being formed in the wire near its lower end, in which the edge of the member 11is inserted, as clearlylshown, in Fig. 2, thus securely hold ing' the'body of the .bird to the member 12. The parts are =further secured together 'by means of a staple or the like, as shown at 151. in Fig. 2. 'The wire member 12 is rovided at its lower end with a foot 15, which is preferably of-rubber or somesuitable.,material adapted to engage with the ground over which the bird is made to hop. The. wire; member 12.,is extended upwards in.- "a curved form, as shown in Fig.1, and is then bent backwards upon itself and then up-.

wards again, and the extreme upwardly extending end is inserted in a socket '16 the lower endof the wooden handle13.

. In the embodiment of the invention shown in Figs. 4, 5, 6 and .7, I provide a figureiof'a bird of:thesameIgeneralappearance as that already'described, in the other embodiment ofthe'invention, butfa somewhat different; form of handle and a somewhat diiferent,

method of attaching thehandle and the bird.

lower end of which wire 20. is connectedto regard to its construction. It may be merely the wire handle if such is employed, as rep"' in a humorous way thejumping or hopping;

the bird by means of the device which is shown in :Figs. 5, 6 and 7, the construction and method of assembling of which will be obvious without specific description. In Figs. 8 and 9, I show modified forms of handle for the device, the construction and operation of-which will be obvious, from an inspection of the drawings. r

The operation of the invention will be obvious from what has been said above with briefly remarked that the handle 13 or 21, or.

resented in Figs. 8 and 9, is graspedin the hand, the rubber foot at the bottom of the downwardly extending member -12'is placed uponthe ground, and a forward push given to the handle. The result is that the device assumes the positionshown inthe dotted lines in Fig. 1 orFig. 4:, and, owing to the. adhesion of the foot 15 to-the ground, and as the push increases, this dotted line position. is. accentuated, until" theresiliency of the wire memberv overcomes the frictionv of the foot upon .the ground, and the device then gives a jump or hop into the former position, shown in full lines, which motion simulates motionof abird upon the ground. .g a The advantages of the invention will, be obvious without special description thereof. 1 do not limit myself to anyof theexact forms of the'invention which arehereshown and described, as it is obvious'that various modifications of the same may be made with-' out departing from the spirit-and scope of the. invention. H .1

M-Having thus'described my invention, what Iclaim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is as follows:

1'. An amusement device comprising in combination the following elements and parts :a member simulating a living animal,

between said handle and said animal-simulating member, and a resilient member imparts: a member simulating a living animal,

a handle adapted to beheld in the hand for operating the device, a semi-rigid connection between said handle and said animal-simulatin member, and a semi-rigid member immovajfly secured to said animal-simulating member and extending downward therefrom device comprising in combination the followlng elements and and simulating a foottherefor and adapted to enter into intermittent frictional engagement with the ground;,,

,5; .A device as set forth. in claimi wherein the resilient connection'between the handle and the animal-simulatingmember comprises aloop whereby the resiliency of'the same is;

increased. 7

16.- A-idevice as setforth' in claim 3:, wherein the, downwardly v extending foot-simulating member is provided with a frictional terminal 7 member. v g Inwitness whereofl have hereunto signed my name; this 29th da of l\la.y,vl930;v

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va handl'e ,adaptedto be held in the hand for;- 7

operating the device, and a, resilient member immovably secured to said animal-simulating member and extending downward therefrom and simulati-nga foot therefor and adapted toenter into intermittent frictional engagement with the ground.

2. An amusement device comprising in combination the following elements. and

arts: a member simulatinga living animal, a handle adapted tozbe held in the hand for operating the device, and a semi-rigidgmember immovably secured 'to said animal-'simu lating member" and extending downward V or I therefrom and simulating a foottlierefor and adapted to enter into intermittent frictional engagement with the ground.

An amusement device comprising in combination the; followlng elements and parts: a member'simulating a living animal,

a handle adaptedto be held in the hand for;

operating the device, a resilient connection 

